February 2007 |
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DST Changes Will Effect Production Reporting Changes in the laws of the United States and Canada have changed the start and end dates for Daylight Savings Time. In 2007 Daylight Savings Time (DST) will start three weeks earlier on March 11, 2007 and will end one week later on November 4, 2007. These changes will not effect the operation of USNR optimization or controls systems; however, they will have an impact on production reporting dependant on shift start and end times. Normally, the Windows Operating System automatically updates the time at the beginning and end of DST. Without installing a hot fix or otherwise updating the time zone settings, the operating system will not update the times until the traditional dates. While it is possible to change the clock manually, this method is not recommended. Without installing the hot fix or updating the time zone settings, the operating system will automatically add or subtract an hour on the traditional dates. Information on how to update time zone settings may be found at the following web sites. The fixes will need to be installed on all of the computers with Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Website for general information regarding the changes in Daylight Savings Time and how they affect Microsoft products: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/dst_topissues#a2 Website to download cumulative Timezone fix for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Service Pack 2 must be installed prior to installing the fix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931836 Website to get instructions for Windows 2000 and Windows NT4. In most cases, method 2 should be used. Windows NT4 is not listed in this article, but other Microsoft sources indicate these steps will work under NT4 as well. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914387 If you would like assistance with installing these fixes, please contact USNR Customer Support at 1-800-BUY-USNR. |
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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT John Seifert is the USNR Optimization Account Representative for the Mid Western U.S. He came to USNR through the 2006 acquisition of Inovec, and brings over 40 years of industry experience with him. In 1963, John earned a degree in Forestry from Paul Smith College of Arts and Sciences in northern New York state, and immediately went to work for The Adirondack Jamestown Sawmill in Tupper Lake, NY. Over the past 43 years he has worked for various forest products companies including sawmills and equipment suppliers, in different capacities such as Forester, Sawmill Superintendent, Production / Maintenance Manager, General Manager and Sales Engineer. John’s extensive industry background has given him experience in all areas of sawmill production and maintenance. His deep understanding of sawmilling and the application of optimization has made him ideally suited for finding the right solutions for his customers. A current member of many industry associations, John is also a past President of the Midwest Saw Filers Educational Association. John has been married for 29 years and has four children. He also enjoys hunting, fishing, gardening and carpentry.
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PRODUCT FEATURE
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Greater than the sum of our parts... Over the years USNR has acquired a number of companies associated with the most reliable and well known product lines in the industry.
USNR has engineering drawings for every single part on your USNR equipment, which means your parts will be manufactured to OEM specifications every time. Call us for a solution that’s right for you. You’ll get exactly the part you’re looking for.
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NEW PROJECTS
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Britton Lumber has completed the start-up of a USNR 3D Smart TriCam edger optimizer on a new Valley Machine lineal edger. The top-only lineal scanning system utilizes three scan zones to capture dense surface data on Eastern White Pine. The mill is just beginning to learn what the new optimization system has to offer, and considers USNR to be very responsive to their needs. Cascade Hardwoods in Chehalis, WA has installed an Inovec-USNR YieldMaster StereoScan carriage system upgrade that incorporates new computers with faster processors. The mill first began operations in 1961 providing pulp chips to local pulp mills. Today Cascade Hardwood produces high quality Alder, Ash, Birch and Maple hardwood lumber for the furniture and cabinet industries. CMPC Maderas of Bucalemu, Chile recently ordered two 3D transverse Smart TriCam Cant and Edger Optimizer systems from USNR. The order also includes a PLC upgrade. The Bucalemu mill began producing in 1994, and has been constantly updated with the latest technology. Producing about 168 million bf per year of sawn radiata pine.
Joseph Audet of Ste Rose de Watford, Quebec has placed an order for an Inovec-USNR YieldMaster G3 with StereoScan for their existing headrig carriage. The mill is looking to increase recovery and production. They plan to use the recovery board and variable length features to feed their specialty products. Once the YieldMaster locates the desired opening face, the recovery board feature then searches for an extra board of a smaller dimension in the remaining slab, without sacrificing the opening face. Pike Lumber Company has completed start-up of the new USNR 3D LASAR carriage optimizer system at the Carbon, IN facility. The company recently finished a similar start-up at the Akron, IN mill in November.
Potlatch has ordered a USNR 3D lineal Smart TriCam scanning system for its mill in in Gwinn, MI. The order also includes log and cant optimizer upgrades to MillExpert. USNR's MillExpert system is the latest cutting edge optimization technology that offers a host of additional functionality including more flexibility over your product mix. Scierie V.O.G. of Plessisville, QC has purchased a new USNR 72" bandmill for a linebar resaw system. The system is expected to help the mill further increase production and grade. Last September the mill upgraded its existing carriage with a USNR 3D LASAR scanning and optimization system for dramatic increases in recovery and grade. The carriage itself was also upgraded with new hydraulic cylinders, onboard hydraulic log turners and USNR controls that provide up to 20 inches per second of knee displacement. Other controls features include a saw blade deviation reader, automatic top guide, carriage drive speed and automatic return. Tachikawa Lumber has relocated its sawmill from Hiroshima, Japan to Taicang, China. USNR Field Service Engineers, Warren Poprocki and Joe Shields were on hand to facilitate with the recomissioning of a USNR 6" bottom arbor 6-saw board edger along with a prepositioning infeed table.
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EVENT CALENDAR
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March 5-7 - HMA is holding its annual convention in Charleston, SC at the Charleston Place Hotel. Please visit USNR booths # 13 & 14. For more information please visit http://www.hmamembers.org
March 28-30 - FIEA, The Forest Engineering Association is having its annual international exhibition in Rotorua, NZ and USNR will be exhibiting. For more information visit http://www.forestevents.co.nz
March 28-31 - NeLMA is holding its annual convention in Boston, MA at the Marriott Long Wharf hotel. USNR will have a booth, so please stop by! For more information visit http://www.nelma.org |
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